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Review: The World’s Water 2008-2009–The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

Evolving Series, Multiple Authors, Deep Value August 26, 2010 Peter Glick, Heather Cooley, Michal J. Cohen, Mari Morikawa, Jason Morrison, and Meena Palaniappan Although I continue to recommend The Atlas of Water, Second Edition: Mapping the World’s Most Critical Resource as the best overall combination of content, visuals, and price, this book is a solid …

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Journal: DoD, WikiLeaks, JCS, Security Ad Naseum…

Defense News August 23, 2010 Experts: DoD Could Have Prevented WikiLeaks Leak By William Matthews While senior Pentagon officials resort to bluster in hopes of preventing the WikiLeaks website from posting any more secret Afghan war documents on the Internet, security experts say there is a lot the U.S. military could have done to prevent …

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Dept of Homeland Sec Dogs for “Bed Bugs?”

Bed Bug Infestation Is Scaring Millions Of Americans By  Anneli Rufus Outbreaks of bed bugs, soaring in the most unexpected places — like CNN’s headquarters — stoke some of our deepest fears.   Virtually eradicated nationwide sixty years ago thanks to superpowered pesticides such as DDT, bedbugs are back — largely because those chemicals are now …

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Headlines from Secrecy News

Secrecy News Blog:  http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ **      WHO IS AN INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEE? **      WIKILEAKS: GIVING LEAKS A BAD NAME **      HUGE COMMERCIAL SAT IMAGERY CONTRACTS AWARDED **      ODNI ADVISORS ON BIO SCIENCES KEEP LOW PROFILE **      REVIEWS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN US REMAIN “OBSCURE” WHO IS AN INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEE? Could someone be considered an intelligence community employee …

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Review (Preliminary): Reflexive Practice–Professional Thinking for a Turbulent World

6 Star Plus, a Foundation Work 11 August 2010 Dr. Kent C. Myers et al In combination with the other books that I am reading this week, the first by David Perkins, Making Learning Whole, the second by Curtis Bonk, The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education, this book I have read …

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Smartphone Money (AT&T,Verizon) & Global Currency (IMF) Weak Signals

AT&T, Verizon to Target Visa, MasterCard With Smartphones By Peter Eichenbaum and Margaret Collins – Mon Aug 02, 2010 AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile carriers, are planning a venture to displace credit and debit cards with smartphones, posing a new threat to Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., three people with direct …

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Huge Gaps in Gov’s Knowledge About Chemicals in Everyday Products (need for true cost public intelligence)

U.S. regulators lack data on health risks of most chemicals By Lyndsey Layton Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 2, 2010 This summer, when Kellogg recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Corn Pops and Honey Smacks, the company blamed elevated levels of a chemical in the packaging. Dozens of consumers reported a …

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